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The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation: The Riches of His Glorious Inheritance in the Saints
To date, NASA is pretty sure it has found around 4,000 planets outside our solar system and has compiled a list of 4,000 more promising sites. Since it is utterly impossible to see planets in another solar system, even with the most powerful telescopes, how does NASA look for them? Astronomers look for the temporary dimming of a star’s light, which they believe happens when a planet’s orbit takes it between us and its own sun.
Doing astronomy is a little like solving a detective mystery: one must search for clues. In a mystery novel, the brilliant detective walks into the room and knows almost immediately that the duke slumped over in his chair did not die of natural causes. He’s certain someone else was in the room when his lordship met his untimely death. The police, of course, noted the wine glass on the tray but only he understood its significance: the dead man was a teetotaler.
Those are clues for finding murderers and exoplanets but what clues would a detective (say, an apostolic detective) look for to determine whether God was in a church? St. Paul knew the signs and referred to them again and again. When you find (v. 15) the presence of faith in Jesus, along with a love for all the saints, you can be sure God has been there. No one else leaves precisely those clues. They are as good as a fingerprint. They are God’s fingerprint. Continue reading
Posted in From the Pulpit, Prayer, Sermons, Theology
Tagged Church as wealth, Ephesians 1:18, glory in the Bible, inheritance
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The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation (Part II)
You’re reading a novel in which the main character has a fantastical experience which changes him. From that time on, whenever he shakes hands with someone, he can see what that person will be in twenty, thirty, even forty years.
He meets a handsome young man who is brilliantly successful – straight A’s in college, captain of the basketball team, with acceptance letters from Harvard Business and other top graduate schools. But when he shakes his hand, he can see that alcoholism will destroy his life, his wife will leave him at 35, take the kids, and he’ll be dead by 50.
He is amazed to see how people’s lives turn out, some beautifully and some tragically. Then he meets and shakes hands with … you. Continue reading
Posted in Bible, From the Pulpit, Prayer, Sermons
Tagged Christian view of wealth, church, Ephesians 3:18, glory in the Bible, inheritance, Prayer
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A rich and lasting heritage
I was a little anxious. I was guest speaker at our church’s youth group, sitting before a crowd of teenagers who had been encouraged to ask any question they wanted. They asked really good questions: Why does God allow suffering? … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Lifestyle, Marriage and Family, Spiritual life
Tagged assets, basketball, heritage, inheritance, isolation, liabilities, youth group
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What heritage are you leaving your children?
Baby Boomer parents are confused about what to leave their children when they die. It was the goal of pre-war parents to leave their children as hefty an estate as possible, but Boomers are questioning the wisdom of such a … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Spiritual life
Tagged Boomers, heritage, I'm spending my kid's inheritance, inheritance, Karl Marx, Mother's Day, perseverance, syncretism, tolerance
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